An explosion on board a yacht in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia left one police officer and 15 firefighters injured, three seriously. Firefighters were alerted to clouds of smoke coming from a yacht at the harbour in Minden on Tuesday evening. The first to arrive was a volunteer fire brigade, with the regular fire department arriving not long after. The yacht was left largely destroyed, and all that is left is the hull. “We are investigating at the moment with urgency as to the cause,” said a spokesperson from the water protection police.

Source: The Local July 12, 2017 15:56 UTC